Action Alert
ACT UP PARIS
Action Alert
ACT UP PARIS
For Immediate Release
01 FEBRUARY 2001
URGENT--BRAZIL DRUG POLICY IN JEOPARDY
Call for mobilisation against WTO, on USA dispute with Brazil's over the
latter's intellectual property rights regimen
Appel mobilisation contre l'OMC concernant la législation brésilienne
sur les brevets
ENGLISH AND FRENCH
FRANCAIS ET ANGLAIS
A 10 heures ce matin, dans les bureaux de l'OMC ý GenËve : meeting initiant le mecanisme de solution de conflit entre les USA et le Bresil devant l'OMC. La delegation des Etats-Unis va y demander pour la seconde fois la composition d'un Panel d'arbitrage pour mettre en question la loi brésilienne sur la propriété intellectuelle, par consequent, le droit de ce pays ý produire ses propres medicaments anti-retroviraux generiques. Le Secretariat de l"OMC va ce jour-lý, en constituant un tribunal ad hoc sur la question, créer jurisprudence.
At today's meeting, the US will make its second request for the establishment of a Dispute Settlement Panel, which, under WTO rules, meaning that a panel will automatically be set up. The US delegates will ask for a review of brazilian intellectual property law, and consequently, question the right of that country to produce its own generic antiviral treatments. The WTO secretariat will today, by constituing a specific panel on the question, make a first decisive legislative step in favour of US position.
Nous vous invitons ý réagir pour défendre le droit de produire, importer exporter ces médicaments génériques dont le cošt réduit permet de sauver des centaines de milliers de vies, en écrivant, sur le modËle ci-dessus, une lettre de protestation aux institutions suivantes :
We strongly invite you to react and defend the right to produce, import, export those generic medicines. Their law cost can save hundred thousands lifes. Write a protest letter on the model below to the following institutions :
Questions on or opinions about U.S. foreign policy:
AskPublicAffairs@state.gov
Public Communication Division
U.S. Department of State
World Trade Organization
US Mission for European Office of the United Nations and
other Organizations
Vous invitant ý faire circuler cet appel, nous sommes ý votre
disposition pour d'éventuelles précisions.
We invite you to circulate this call widely, and keep in touch for more information.
"WTO Drug Patent Panel
The United States will request the establishment of a WTO panel on the
grounds that the Brazilian industrial property law is inconsistent with the
TRIPS Agreement. We, as members of the organised civil society strongly
feel that this measure goes against the basic needs of the people living
with HIV/AIDS and we urge the United States to reconsider its position in
order to respect and protect a essential human right which is the right to
live."
NAME
Marie de Cenival
Marie de Cenival -30-
Centre William Rappard,
Rue de Lausanne 154,
CH-1211 Geneva 21,
Switzerland.
Tel: 0041.22-739-5111
Fax: 004122-739-5458
E-mail: enquiries@wto.org
Tel: 004122-749-4111
Fax: 004122-749-4880
ORGANISATION
ADRESS
Act Up-Paris
Commission Nord/Sud
tel (33) 04 95 08 29 94
fax (33) 01 48 06 16 74
planetafrica@asso.globenet.org
Act Up-Paris
Commission Nord/Sud
tel (33) 04 95 08 29 94
fax (33) 01 48 06 16 74
planetafrica@asso.globenet